Rangerfans.com

  • Home
  • Uniform Numbers
    • 0
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9
    • 10
    • 11
    • 12
    • 13
    • 14
    • 15
    • 16
    • 17
    • 18
    • 19
    • 20
    • 21
    • 22
    • 23
    • 24
    • 25
    • 26
    • 27
    • 28
    • 29
    • 30
    • 31
    • 32
    • 33
    • 34
    • 35
    • 36
    • 37
    • 38
    • 39
    • 40
    • 41
    • 42
    • 43
    • 44
    • 45
    • 46
    • 47
    • 48
    • 49
    • 50
    • 51
    • 52
    • 53
    • 54
    • 55
    • 56
    • 57
    • 58
    • 59
    • 60
    • 61
    • 62
    • 63
    • 64
    • 65
    • 66
    • 67
    • 68
    • 69
    • 70
    • 71
    • 72
    • 73
    • 74
    • 75
    • 76
    • 77
    • 78
    • 79
    • 80
    • 81
    • 82
    • 83
    • 84
    • 85+
  • Seat Selector
  • Team Info
    • Schedule Archives
      • 2013 Season
      • 2012 Season
      • 2011 Season
      • 2010 Season
      • 2009 Season
      • 2008 Season
      • 2007 Season
      • 2006 Season
      • 2005 Season
      • 2004 Season
      • 2003 Season
      • 2002 Season
      • 2001 Season
      • 2000 Season
      • 1999 Season
    • Transactions
    • The Ballpark in Arlington
    • Minor Leagues
    • Attendance History
    • Broadcaster History
  • Other
    • Pocket Schedules
    • Links
    • Book Reviews
    • Downloads
    • Contact Me
  • Facebook
You are here: Home / Former Rangers News / Doug Brocail has heart surgery

Doug Brocail has heart surgery

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 11, 2006 at 10:10 pm

Read this afternoon that former Ranger reliever Doug Brocail had heart surgery. Something like that is never good. He’s two years younger than me, so I don’t like hearing stuff like that. Don’t like hearing that stuff about people no matter what their age is. I’ll have a small prayer tomorrow at church for Doug and his family. If you’re so inclined, do that yourself, as he was a nice guy, even if he wasn’t our best pitcher most of the time.


PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — San Diego Padres reliever Doug Brocail underwent angioplasty Saturday morning.
The 38-year-old Brocail, who last pitched Wednesday, had complained of chest tightness that radiated into both arms. He already was being treated for an abscessed tooth and asthma.
Dr. Harry Albers ordered a stress test, which came back abnormal.
“We found a large abnormality on the front wall of the heart, a blockage,” Albers said. “He wasn’t getting significant blood to the heart under stress.”
Brocail was admitted to Boswell Memorial Hospital in nearby Sun City. Doctors found a 99-percent blockage of the left anterior descending artery, one of three coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart.
After the angioplasty, in which a balloon is inserted to open the artery, a stent was inserted to assure the artery remains open.
Brocail is expected to remain in the hospital for three or four days and could resume exercising in two weeks.
“Doug pitching again isn’t our main concern,” Padres general manager Kevin Towers said. “The biggest thing here is that the medical staff saved Doug’s life. The key thing is that we caught this early or we could have been dealing with a disaster.
“If he pitches again, it will be a bonus.”
Brocail and his wife, Lisa, have five daughters, ranging in age from 5 to 16.
Brocail pitched in 61 games for the Texas Rangers last season and was signed as a free agent by the Padres on Dec. 15.

Filed Under: Former Rangers News

About Site

This is a Texas Rangers fan site run by Joe Siegler. From 1999 through 2013 I used to do daily game updates, but got burnt out on that and stopped.

The site lives on as my favorite section to update I’m still very interested in. That is the Uniform Number history pages, which I’m quite proud of. Plus Ill write the odd article here and there.

I mostly spend my time in this Facebook group talking about the Rangers these days.

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line.

Categories

Disclaimer

Rangerfans.com is a fan site run by Joe Siegler, and is in no way affiliated with, condoned or given any notice by the Texas Rangers, who have their own website. Similarly, this website has no association with the ownership group or any businesses related to Texas Rangers Baseball LLC, or MLBAM. This is a fan based website.

Copyright © 2025 ·Agency Pro · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · WordPress · Log in